Medical image analysis
By: Atam P. Dhawan
Contributors: IEEE Xplore (Online service); Wiley online library
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: IEEE Press series on biomedical engineering
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9780470918548
Subjects: Imaging systems in medicine; Diagnostic imaging
Notes: Previous ed.: New York; Chichester: Wiley, 2003.

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Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.1.Medical Imaging: A Collaborative Paradigm; title: 1.2.Medical Imaging Modalities; title: 1.3.Medical Imaging: from Physiology to Information Processing; title: 1.3.1.Understanding Physiology and Imaging Medium; title: 1.3.2.Physics of Imaging; title: 1.3.3.Imaging Instrumentation; title: 1.3.4.Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction; title: 1.3.5.Image Analysis and Applications; title: 1.4.General Performance Measures; title: 1.4.1.An Example of Performance Measure; title: 1.5.Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis; title: 1.6.Matlab Image Processing Toolbox; title: 1.6.1.Digital Image Representation; title: 1.6.2.Basic MATLAB Image Toolbox Commands; title: 1.7.Imagepro Interface in Matlab Environment and Image Databases; title: 1.7.1.Imagepro Image Processing Interface; title: 1.7.2.Installation Instructions; title: 1.8.Imagej and Other Image Processing Software Packages; title: 1.9.Exercises; title: 1.10.References; title: 1.11.Definitions; title: 2.1.Image Coordinate System; title: 2.1.1.2-D Image Rotation; title: ^; title: 2.1.2.3-D Image Rotation and Translation Transformation; title: 2.2.Linear Systems; title: 2.3.Point Source and Impulse Functions; title: 2.4.Probability and Random Variable Functions; title: 2.4.1.Conditional and Joint Probability Density Functions; title: 2.4.2.Independent and Orthogonal Random Variables; title: 2.5.Image Formation; title: 2.5.1.PSF and Spatial Resolution; title: 2.5.2.Signal-to-Noise Ratio; title: 2.5.3.Contrast-to-Noise Ratio; title: 2.6.Pin-hole Imaging; title: 2.7.Fourier Transform; title: 2.7.1.Sine Function; title: 2.8.Radon Transform; title: 2.9.Sampling; title: 2.10.Discrete Fourier Transform; title: 2.11.Wavelet Transform; title: 2.12.Exercises; title: 2.13.References; title: 3.1.Electromagnetic Radiation; title: 3.2.Electromagnetic Radiation for Image Formation; title: 3.3.Radiation Interaction with Matter; title: 3.3.1.Coherent or Rayleigh Scattering; title: 3.3.2.Photoelectric Absorption; title: 3.3.3.Compton Scattering; title: 3.3.4.Pair Production; title: 3.4.Linear Attenuation Coefficient; title: 3.5.Radiation Detection; title: 3.5.1.Ionized Chambers and Proportional Counters; title: ^; title: ^^; title: 3.5.2.Semiconductor Detectors; title: 3.5.3.Advantages of Semiconductor Detectors; title: 3.5.4.Scintillation Detectors; title: 3.6.Detector Subsystem Output Voltage Pulse; title: 3.7.Exercises; title: 3.8.References; title: 4.1.X-Ray Imaging; title: 4.2.X-Ray Generation; title: 4.3.X-Ray 2-D Projection Imaging; title: 4.4.X-Ray Mammography; title: 4.5.X-Ray CT; title: 4.6.Spiral X-Ray CT; title: 4.7.Contrast Agent, Spatial Resolution, and SNR; title: 4.8.Exercises; title: 4.9.References; title: 5.1.MRI Principles; title: 5.2.MR Instrumentation; title: 5.3.MRI Pulse Sequences; title: 5.3.1.Spin-Echo Imaging; title: 5.3.2.Inversion Recovery Imaging; title: 5.3.3.Echo Planar Imaging; title: 5.3.4.Gradient Echo Imaging; title: 5.4.Flow Imaging; title: 5.5.fMRI; title: 5.6.Diffusion Imaging; title: 5.7.Contrast, Spatial Resolution, and SNR; title: 5.8.Exercises; title: 5.9.References; title: 6.1.Radioactivity; title: 6.2.SPECT; title: 6.2.1.Detectors and Data Acquisition System; title: 6.2.2.Contrast, Spatial Resolution, and Signal-to-Noise Ratio in SPELT Imaging; title: 6.3.PET; title: 6.3.1.Detectors and Data Acquisition Systems; title: ^; title: ^^; title: 6.3.2.Contrast, Spatial Resolution, and SNR in PET Imaging; title: 6.4.Dual-Modality Spect[-]CT and PET[-]CT Scanners; title: 6.5.Exercises; title: 6.6.References; title: 7.1.Propagation of Sound in a Medium; title: 7.2.Reflection and Refraction; title: 7.3.Transmission of Ultrasound Waves in a Multilayered Medium; title: 7.4.Attenuation; title: 7.5.Ultrasound Reflection Imaging; title: 7.6.Ultrasound Imaging Instrumentation; title: 7.7.Imaging with Ultrasound: A-Mode; title: 7.8.Imaging with Ultrasound: M-Mode; title: 7.9.Imaging with Ultrasound: B-Mode; title: 7.10.Doppler Ultrasound Imaging; title: 7.11.Contrast, Spatial Resolution, and SNR; title: 7.12.Exercises; title: 7.13.References; title: 8.1.Radon Transform and Image Reconstruction; title: 8.1.1.The Central Slice Theorem; title: 8.1.2.Inverse Radon Transform; title: 8.1.3.Backprojection Method; title: 8.2.Iterative Algebraic Reconstruction Methods; title: 8.3.Estimation Methods; title: 8.4.Fourier Reconstruction Methods; title: 8.5.Image Reconstruction in Medical Imaging Modalities; title: 8.5.1.Image Reconstruction in X-Ray CT; title: ^; title: ^^; title: 8.5.2.Image Reconstruction in Nuclear Emission Computed Tomography: SPECT and PET; title: 8.5.2.1.A General Approach to ML[-]EM Algorithms; title: 8.5.2.2.A Multigrid EM Algorithm; title: 8.5.3.Image Reconstruction in Magnetic Resonance Imaging; title: 8.5.4.Image Reconstruction in Ultrasound Imaging; title: 8.6.Exercises; title: 8.7.References; title: 9.1.Spatial Domain Methods; title: 9.1.1.Histogram Transformation and Equalization; title: 9.1.2.Histogram Modification; title: 9.1.3.Image Averaging; title: 9.1.4.Image Subtraction; title: 9.1.5.Neighborhood Operations; title: 9.1.5.1.Median Filter; title: 9.1.5.2.Adaptive Arithmetic Mean Filter; title: 9.1.5.3.Image Sharpening and Edge Enhancement; title: 9.1.5.4.Feature Enhancement Using Adaptive Neighborhood Processing; title: 9.2.Frequency Domain Filtering; title: 9.2.1.Wiener Filtering; title: 9.2.2.Constrained Least Square Filtering; title: 9.2.3.Low-Pass Filtering; title: 9.2.4.High-Pass Filtering; title: 9.2.5.Homomorphic Filtering; title: 9.3.Wavelet Transform for Image Processing; title: ^; title: ^^; title: 9.3.1.Image Smoothing and Enhancement Using Wavelet Transform; title: 9.4.Exercises; title: 9.5.References; title: 10.1.Edge-Based Image Segmentation; title: 10.1.1.Edge Detection Operations; title: 10.1.2.Boundary Tracking; title: 10.1.3.Hough Transform; title: 10.2.Pixel-Based Direct Classification Methods; title: 10.2.1.Optimal Global Thresholding; title: 10.2.2.Pixel Classification Through Clustering; title: 10.1.2.1.Data Clustering; title: 10.2.2.2.k-Means Clustering; title: 10.2.2.3.Fuzzy c-Means Clustering; title: 10.2.2.4.An Adaptive FCM Algorithm; title: 10.3.Region-Based Segmentation; title: 10.3.1.Region-Growing; title: 10.3.2.Region-Splitting; title: 10.4.Advanced Segmentation Methods; title: 10.4.1.Estimation-Model Based Adaptive Segmentation; title: 10.4.2.Image Segmentation Using Neural Networks; title: 10.4.2.1.Backpropagation Neural Network for Classification; title: 10.4.2.2.The RBF Network; title: 10.4.2.3.Segmentation of Arterial Structure in Digital Subtraction Angiograms; title: 10.5.Exercises; title: 10.6.References; title: 11.1.Feature Extraction and Representation; title: ^; title: ^^; title: 11.1.1.Statistical Pixel-Level Features; title: 11.1.2.Shape Features; title: 11.1.2.1.Boundary Encoding: Chain Code; title: 11.1.2.2.Boundary Encoding: Fourier Descriptor; title: 11.1.2.3.Moments for Shape Description; title: 11.1.2.4.Morphological Processing for Shape Description; title: 11.1.3.Texture Features; title: 11.1.4.Relational Features; title: 11.2.Feature Selection for Classification; title: 11.2.1.Linear Discriminant Analysis; title: 11.2.2.PCA; title: 11.2.3.GA-Based Optimization; title: 11.3.Feature and Image Classification; title: 11.3.1.Statistical Classification Methods; title: 11.3.1.1.Nearest Neighbor Classifier; title: 11.3.1.2.Bayesian Classifier; title: 11.3.2.Rule-Based Systems; title: 11.3.3.Neural Network Classifiers; title: 11.3.3.1.Neuro-Fuzzy Pattern Classification; title: 11.3.4.Support Vector Machine for Classification; title: 11.4.Image Analysis and Classification Example: "Difficult-To-Diagnose" Mammographic Microcalcifications; title: 11.5.Exercises; title: 11.6.References; title: 12.1.Rigid-Body Transformation; title: 12.1.1.Affine Transformation; title: ^; title: ^^; title: 12.2.Principal Axes Registration; title: 12.3.Iterative Principal Axes Registration; title: 12.4.Image Landmarks and Features-Based Registration; title: 12.4.1.Similarity Transformation for Point-Based Registration; title: 12.4.2.Weighted Features-Based Registration; title: 12.5.Elastic Deformation-Based Registration; title: 12.6.Exercises; title: 12.7.References; title: 13.1.Feature-Enhanced 2-D Image Display Methods; title: 13.2.Stereo Vision and Semi-3-D Display Methods; title: 11.3.Surface- and Volume-Based 3-D Display Methods; title: 13.3.1.Surface Visualization; title: 13.3.2.Volume Visualization; title: 13.4.VR-Based Interactive Visualization; title: 13.4.1.Virtual Endoscopy; title: 13.5.Exercises; title: 13.6.References; title: 14.1.Multiparameter Medical Imaging and Analysis; title: 14.2.Targeted Imaging; title: 14.3.Optical Imaging and Other Emerging Modalities; title: 14.3.1.Optical Microscopy; title: 14.3.2.Optical Endoscopy; title: 14.3.3.Optical Coherence Tomography; title: 14.3.4.Diffuse Reflectance and Transillumination Imaging; title: ^; title: ^^; title: 14.3.5.Photoacoustic Imaging: An Emerging Technology; title: 14.4.Model-Based and Multiscale Analysis; title: 14.5.References.; title: ^^